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Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

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NlTED STATES Parana tribal JOHN LA DOXV, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO GREGG 8t (30., OF

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BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,454, dated September 6, 1887.

Application filed January 11, 1887. Serial No. 223,995.

To a-ZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LA Dow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county ofArapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvenents in Bailing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to continuous or perpetual baling-presses; and it consists of improvements in the mechanism for actuating the feeding-board, whereby this mechanism is simplified and made positive in its action.

In the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, Figure l is a side vlew of an entire press with a part of one gearwheel broken away to better show my improved mechanism for actuating the feeding board. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with a portion of the hopper H and guide-bar G broken away. 3 is a vertical section of the press on the line 1 2 of Fig. 2. Fig. etis a side elevation of the press, showing the feeding mechanism in an advanced position of that shown in Fig. l, and, like Fig. 1, having cer tain parts broken away.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

XVhile my present improvements are generally applicable to any perpetual baling-press provided with a feeding-board to force the charge into the compression-chamber, I have preferred to show them as applied to my baling-press patented February 2, 1886, No. 335,290.

The compression and friction chambers are formed of metallic sides B and metallic arms 0 C, which latter form the top and bottom, respectively, of the friction and compression chambers, and which lap by and are securely bolted to the edges of the sides B. Both the bottom O and top C are provided at their edges with inwardly-proj ecting flanges, which,

"together with the bars 1 P, form guides for the bales as they pass through the frictionchamber. The free ends of arms 0 O are connected by stay-bolts, by which the mouth of the frictionchainber can be more or less eontractcd vertically, and thus regulate the fric- {No model.)

by the wings D, hinged to the stay-bolts, connecting the free ends of arms 6 O, and, like these arms, the wings have their free ends connected by threaded bolts, by which their inner surfaces can be more or less inclined to each other and the mouth of the friction-chamber more or less contracted horizontally.

In one end of the compression-chamber the open metallic traverser h is adapted to reciprocate on ways projecting from the inner edges of the sides B. The traverser his actuated by the anti-friction wheel fiwhich is hung loosely on the crank-pin i and is carried in a circular course by the double crank 5 which is securely hung on crank-shaft i, which is jour naled in suitable hearings in the sides B. As the anti-friction wheel f is carried through its course, it rolls against tracks provided within the open traverser h, and thus actuates the travcrser back and forth on its ways. The power necessary to run the press is applied at the band-wheel j, which, together with pinion b, is hung loosely on the end of crank-shaft i. The power is transmitted from pinion b to crank-shaft t" through the shaft '5 and gears b, b, and Z), which latter gear is rigidly attached to the crank-shaft i.

Above the resistanceand compression chainbers the hopper H is supported by suit-able frame-work, and between this hop er and the friction and compression chambers the condensing-box A reciproeates on guides G and I, being actuated by the traverser it through the lever a and connecting-rods a and a. A stationary head A is provided, against which the material in the condensing-box is compressed. After being compressed in the condensing-box the charge is transferred to the compression-chamber below by the feedingboard 1), which is restrained to move in a vertical path directly over the feed-opening to the compression-chamber by sliding in grooves in standards cl (2, and is actuated by levers o, r, and o and connectingrods n and a. The lever 1' is securely hung to the side B, so as to be free to turn through a limited angle in a vertical plane adjacent to side B, and is provided intermediate its ends with an adjustable lug, s, the lower end of which projects into the path of the lug c, which is securely attached to the rim of gear-wheel b so that as wheel b revolves the lug 0 will strike the lug s and raise lever r until the paths of the two lugs diverge sufficiently for thelugs to clear each other and allow the lever 1' to fall back. Bars m, which are pivotally connected at their upper ends to working-lever 0 and at their lower ends to eyes 3 3 which are securely attached to the frame, form a swinging fulcrum to lever 0, one end of which is pivotally connected to feedingboarclp and the other end by connecting-rods n to the corresponding end of lever 1'. The fulcrum an, by swinging on eyes 311 and being pivoted to lever 0, provides for a longitudinal movement of lever 0, wherebyits end pivototally connected 'with feeding-board p is free to follow the course of that board, and thus the otherwise necessary connecting-rod between the feeding-board p and working-lever 0 is dispensed with.

Feeding-board p is provided with a positive upward movement by retractile lever awhich is pivotally hung at the side of the press-frame above, extends oppositely to and is connected by straps a with lever 1'. From the point 1/ the retractile lever is bent upward to '0 and from v is bent downward to 12 so that when this lever is thrown upward the parts a v and 'v o extend obliquely across the path of antifriction roller 1/), which is loosely hung on an axle securely attached to the side of the condensing-box A.

The several parts of my press operate and are timed as follows: The material to be pressed is first thrown, a charge at a time, into the hopper H, from which it falls into the condensing-box A when the latter is at. or near the rear end of its stroke, and by the next forward stroke of the condensing-box is compressed against the stationary head A. hen the condensing-box has nearly reached the end of its forward stroke, the lug c on gear b strikes lug s, and, through the intermediate 1evers and connections, throws the feeding'board 1; down against the partially-compressed charge in the condensing-box, and thus forces the charge down into the compression-chamber in front of traverser h. When the feeding-board 19 has completed its downward stroke,the condensing-box A has begun its returnstroke, and the roller w, attached to and moving with the latter, strikes'the oblique arm 0' 0 of retractile lever 22, as shown in Fig. at, thus forcing this lever down as the condensing-box continues its returnstroke. This downward movement of lever c is transmitted to lever 1 through connections a, and from the latter lever through the intermediate connections to the feeding-board 1), thus raising it to its highest position. At the same time the traverser h is making its advance stroke and compressing the charge in front of it against the forming-bale. When released by the traverser, the last charge is held in place in the usual way by retainers e. In the mechanism for actuating the feeding-board the distribution of the material is such as to tend to hold the feedingboard at its highest position; butif from any cause the feeding-board is depressed while the condensing-box is making its advance stroke the roller w will strike the oblique arm 0 o and force lever 12 down, and thus return the feeding-board to its highest position.

It is obvious that the roller w and oblique arm n o can exchange positions-i. e.,the roller to be hung on the end of lever 12 and the oblique surface be attached to the side of the condensing-box. Thus changed, the oblique surface and roller work in substantially the same manner and actuate lever 12 in the same way as in their present positions.

Should my improvements be applied to a balingpress having a condenser operating within a stationary box, the roller can then be hung on an axle attached to the condenser and extending through a slot in the side of the stationary condensinghox, such slot being of sufficient length to allow the axle extending through it to travel freely with thecondenser.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a baling-press, the combination of a feedingboard restrained to reciprocate vertically through the feed-opening to the compression-chamber, a working-lever having its ends pivotally connected the one to said feeding-board and the other to an actuating-rod, a swinging fulcrum supporting said working lever, and having its upper end pivotally connected thereto between said feeding-board and actuating-rod and its lower end pivotally connected to the press-frame, and suitable mechanical connections between said actuatingrod and the main operating mechanism of the press, substantially as described.

2. In a baling-press, the combination, with a feeding-board operating transversely to the compression-chamber, a working-lever connected with the feeding-board, an actuatinglever hung at the side of the press-frame, and

means for connecting the working and actuatand, through the intermediate connections,

raises the feeding-board, substantially as described.

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3. In a baling-press, a vertically-operating feeding-board, a working-lever connected therewith, an actuating-lever hung at the side limited angle in a vertical plane adjacent to s the condensing-box,and having its free end bent so as to extend obliquely across the path of a lug or roller securely attached or hung to and moving with the condenser, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, in a haling-press, of a vertically-operating feeding-board, aworkinglever connected therewith, an actuating-lever hung at the side of the press-frame, connections between said working and actuating levers, a retractile lever hung adjacent to the side of and actuated by the condensing-box, and suitable connections between the retractile and actuating levers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a baling-press, the combination of a vertically-operatingfeedingboard, a working- Iever connected therewith, an aotuatingdever hung at the side of the pressframe, connections between said actuating and working levers, and a retractile lever hung at the side of the press frame above, extending oppositely to and connected with said actuating-lever, and having its free end bent so as to extend first upwardly then downwardly across the path of a lug or roller securely attached or hung to the side of the condenser, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, in abalingpress, ofa vertically-operating feeding-board, a workinglever connected therewith, a swinging fulcrum pivotally connected at one end with the pressfranio and at the other with the working-lever, an actuating-lever hung at the side of the pressframe, connections between said actuating and working levers, and a retractile lever hung at the side of the press-frame above, extend ing oppositely to and connected with said actuating-lever, and having its free end bent 0bliquely across the path of a lug or roller securely attached to and moving with the condenser, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN LA DOW. Witnesses:

M. J. GoULD, R. M. MoDnni-ro'rr. 

